On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:40:00 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:55:06 MST, James Lay said: > > I had heard tale of a site that had a semi-updated list of > > compromised hosts. I was hoping that someone knows that > > link...would LOVE to be able to get my firewall to get this list > > and auto-create an iptables rule. Thanks all! > > That's ass backwards. > > The secure way to do this is to first deny *all* traffic, and then add > specific rules for machines that you *do* want to talk to. > > Think for a bit - if some random cablemodem in another timezone is on > the list, why should you stop packets from it? Why would you want to > accept packets *before* it showed up on the list? Why do you still > want to accept packets from *other* boxes in the same /24 or /16?
I completely agree for ports that I would have closed, but obviously I could not simply deny *all* traffic for port 25 and 80 let's say, as I want them open to the public. James _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
